Climate Action Team Report
View the report (PDF, 1.14MB)
View the report (PDF, 1.14MB)
View the news release
View the backgrounder
View the Jaccard modelling (PDF, 126KB)
On August 6, 2008, British Columbia ’s Climate Action Team presented its recommendations for strategies and interim emissions targets for 2012 and 2016 to assist the Province achieve its emission reduction target of 33 per cent by 2020.
“Meeting British Columbia’s Targets: A Report from the B.C. Climate Action Team,” establishes economically viable interim targets and recommended comprehensive strategies that will bridge the gap to the 2020 goal.
Independent modelling by M.K. Jaccard and Associates Inc. was used to estimate the emission reductions of some of the recommended policy options put forward by the Climate Action Team. Based on the same conservative assumptions used in the Climate Action Plan , the modelling suggests these policies could reduce emissions by a further eight million tonnes by 2020.
In addition, the Climate Action Team has recommended the following interim targets for 2012 and 2016:
- By 2012, the growth in emissions must be reversed and emissions must begin to decline significantly, to between five and seven per cent below 2007 levels.
- By 2016, the decline in emissions needs to accelerate. Emissions should fall to between 15 and 18 per cent below 2007 levels.
Public consultation of the report closed October 6th, 2008. As required by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, the interim targets for 2012 and 2016 will be set into law, through regulation, by the end of this year.
